Marking another significant step in the GMES initiative, ESA and Thales Alenia Space recently signed a contract worth EUR 270 million to build the second Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 satellites. Led by the European Commission in partnership with ESA, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme will provide a unique tool to monitor the environment
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today it has received three awards valued at more than $35 million from the U.S
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress March 4 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of various communication equipment, associated parts and logistical support for a complete package worth approximately $142 million. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of (300) 50-watt Very High Frequency (VHF) Base Station radios, (230) 50-Watt VHF Vehicular Stations, (150) 20-watt High Frequency/Very High Frequency (HF/VHF) Base Station Systems, (50) 20-watt HF/VHF Vehicular Radios, (50) 50-watt Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency (UHF/VHF) Base Stations, (10) 150-watt HF/VHF Vehicular Radio Systems, (10) 150-watt HF Base Station Radio Systems, (30) 20-watt HF...
CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded one of five prime contracts to support the U.S
BAE Systems and Anjani Technoplast Ltd are joining forces to bring the latest, lightest and most cost-effective survivability products and personnel protection materials to India. As part of the relationship, Anjani would manufacture protective equipment using Tensylon™— a versatile, high performance polyethylene ballistic material exclusively developed by BAE Systems to make survivability products, such as body armour and vehicle armour, even lighter and stronger
The Soteria Consortium has been chosen to provide a harmonised Search and Rescue Helicopter (SAR-H) service for the UK well into the 21st century, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport announced today. The MOD and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) together currently provide a 24-hour military and civil helicopter SAR service for the UK SAR region from 12 bases around the UK
After its huge proclaimed success in April 2009, Security Middle East Show - SMES 2011 registers a high number of early reservations for the upcoming version to take place on 07-09 April 2011 in BIEL – Beirut, Lebanon. SMES 2011 exhibitors continue to benefit from the early reservation discount especially after the organizers; the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis - INEGMA, lowered the rates for the 2011 edition
Astrium has been awarded a follow-on contract for the delivery of a second set of sub-systems to the Turkish Navy’s MILGEM satcom programme. The sub-systems will be provided by Astrium Services’ Secure Satcom Systems, through Aselsan, the prime communications contractor for the Turkish Armed Forces
The ATLAS Consortium, which is led by HP Enterprise Services, today announced the U.K
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received orders totaling $119 million to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152 tactical handheld radio systems with vehicular amplifier adapters to the U.S